In the News: Apr-29

Study: World can 'safely' burn only 25% of remaining oil, coal - 29 Apr 2009 at 1:12pm - The world can burn only a quarter of proven reserves of oil, gas and coal to be confident of staying within safer climate limits, ...

Transsexual wins $500,000 lawsuit - 29 Apr 2009 at 11:05am - A federal judge has awarded a former Army Special Forces commander nearly $500,000 because she was rejected from a job at the ...

Holder: 30 Gitmo inmates approved for release - 29 Apr 2009 at 10:51am - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says about 30 detainees have been cleared for release from Guantanamo Bay.

U.S. economy performed worse than expected in Q1 - 29 Apr 2009 at 10:40am - The U.S. economy turned in a worse performance than expected in the first quarter as it contracted at an annualized pace of 6.1 per cent, the U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday.

Thought for the day:
Television news is like a lightning flash. It makes a loud noise, lights up everything around it, leaves everything else in darkness and then is suddenly gone. -Hodding Carter